By Panduka Karunanayake Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine and former Director, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo (The 34th J.E. Jayasuriya Memorial Lecture14 February 2025 ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

Enhancing the professionalism of teachers and equipping them with modern educational knowledge is a priority of the ...

Sri Lanka’s premier political party representing the Tamils of the Northern and Eastern Provinces is the Ilankai Thamil ...

Randolph College’s Quillian Visiting International Scholar Sudesh Mantillake’s leads “Movement Rhizome: Quillian International Symposium on Sri Lanka," featuring a Kandyan dance performance called ...

Major General Chandana Wickramasinghe of the Gajaba Regiment formally assumed duties as the 66th Chief of Staff of the Sri ...

Tamil electorate on a new path Eradication of the LTTE is no longer a major issue at national or lower level elections in Sri Lanka. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s superlative performance in the Northern ...

The educational revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was influenced by Theosophists like Colonel Henry Steel Olcott and Hilda Muriel Westbrook. They worked to revitalize Buddhism, ..

Sri Lanka, however, claimed that the Indian fishermen were illegally fishing in its territorial waters, and had attempted to “assault” its naval officers, adding that two fishermen received ...

Australia's batters have enjoyed a day out in Galle, as Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith kicked off the Test series against Sri Lanka with centuries. Scorecard: Check out all the live scores and ...

Australia and Sri Lanka start their first Test in Galle from 3pm (AEDT) today. ABC Sport will live blog all the action and you can listen to the call via the listen app, on digital radio ...